Sep 24th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Repair Time
I swerved out of the way of a wayward pedestrian yesterday biking from the office to the gym, and wound up in a nasty pothole. Tire’s now busted and in need of fixing, so I’m going to suspend political commentary (well, okay, I might take a meeting with Lady Lynn de Rothschild, scourge of elitism) until I can fix the crisis.
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September 24th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
You mean you don’t have a set of spare wheels?
Homey… time to become a real bicyclist.
Get on Nashbar’s mailing list and join Team Perfomance.
Good sales all the time to stock up on essential backups…
It is a no-brainer.
Like backing up your harddisk.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
She’s married to a man named Evelyn.
Oh, sorry, Sir Evelyn.
Wow.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Re “I swerved out of the way of a wayward pedestrian yesterday ”
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aka a little child.
No a good idea to blog and bike.
I guess that’s where the typos come from.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Historically, has the world run by a handful of elitist banking families?
On the “yea” side, the very first item to be introduced into evidence is the Rothschild family.
I’m not even joking.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Senator McCain will be in town shortly to fix that tire (or should I write “tyre” in honor of McCain’s new supporter?).
September 24th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Where’s that SUPERTRAIN when you need it?
September 24th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
The bike shop on Q St. NW, b/t 14th & 15th, is decent. Then again, I just use my bike for commuting, so, you know, I’m not necessarily a great judge of bike shops.
Also, when my bike was in for repairs, I tried to suspend going to the office, but for some reason, my boss didn’t seem to think it was a valid excuse…
September 24th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I believe we should get behind John McCain’s decision to focus more on the economic crisis. In fact, this is such an important issue that he should be encouraged to suspend his campaign through November at least.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Has everyone seen the #suspending Twitter search? Oh these witty kids.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
At least you have a good excuse. I was so focused on traffic I rode my front wheel into one of those slits in those storm grate drain things. My balls haven’t hurt this much since jr high.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
I don’t think you landed in a pothole.
It’s far more likely you landing created the pothole.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
This is why I don’t ride bikes.
Same reason I don’t ride motorcycles.
I don’t like pain.
Cars are much less painful – at least until you run them into another car – or a train.
James above wins the thread.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
James above wins the thread.
… and loses his grammar.
.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Between now and November 4th, two things must be present at every John McCain campaign stop: (1) a guy dressed in a big chicken suit,; (2) an actress portraying “Lady de Rothschild” passing out slices of cake to the attendees (or press).
Nixon’s ratfucking team wouldn’t have done anything less.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
You’re not the only one – Douthat has suspended political commentary since Monday.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Lady Lynn de Rothschild, whos only interest in supporting HRC was for free run of the Lincoln bedroom? Or, because she was excited by the prospect of a woman being in the White House, even though she and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin disagree on issues. The shallow, political dilettante? That one?
September 24th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Will you also be contacting your utility and credit card companies to inform them that you will be suspending payment until the current crisis is resolved? Surely they will join you in a spirit of bipartisanship and postpone your payments until a date to be determined.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
The bike shop on Q St. NW, b/t 14th & 15th, is decent. Then again, I just use my bike for commuting, so, you know, I’m not necessarily a great judge of bike shops.
That’s where I go for all my bike shop needs.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Katie Couric/Sarah Palin interview
She is so not ready! Watch video of the interview
September 24th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Lynn de Rothschild’s husband’s social housing. Now who’s the elitest?
September 24th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Lynn de Rothschild’s husband’s social housing.
Wow, that’s got to be an ancient house–it even has a TV antenna on the roof!
September 25th, 2008 at 4:45 am
Biking from the office to the gym? That’s awesome, way to go Matt!
September 25th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Why was the pedestrian biking to the gym? That’s what you wrote.
September 25th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Biking from the office to the gym? Those of us who ride everywhere don’t really need to go to the gym. Next time, just ride for the time you’d have been on that stationary whatever. Much better for the soul.
Whoever said they “just” use their bike for commuting – commuting is the HIGHEST and BEST use of the bike. Keeps another car off the road. Good stuff, nothing to denigrate there.
I’m an urban planner and had a tough meeting planned for last night. But I ’suspended my planning operation’ just in time to miss it. Had a beer instead. McCain’s no dummy. I highly recommend this approach anytime a challenge presents itself.
September 25th, 2008 at 9:24 am
“I swerved out of the way of a wayward pedestrian”…. crossing in the crosswalk while I was running the red light, biking the wrong way down a one way street at 20 mph.
September 25th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Tire’s now busted…
You mean you don’t have a set of spare wheels?
Heh. Now I know how my brother the economist feels when he hears me talking about credit default swaps…
Ok, just two quick points:
Just for future reference: tires “flat”. As in, “I hit a mother-fing crater and flatted.” You should be able to change one of these in about 10 minutes with the patch kit you never ride without.
Secondly, if you flat, and your response is to push your bike home, and break out your “set of spare wheels,” I don’t think you’re in any position to be giving anyone advice.
Just saying because I love y’all and don’t want the cool kids to laugh at you.
September 25th, 2008 at 10:35 am
ibc, Matt did say his tire is busted, which sounds like it could be worse than just a flat tube. If the tire itself is damaged or the wheel is far enough out of true that the brake can’t be used then a patch kit is not going to help. Washington is built on a swamp, I imagine they get some pretty serious potholes.
Ray, cycling for transportation doesn’t necessarily substitute for a gym regimen. If you’re not in the habit of showing up everywhere all sweaty then you probably don’t get much of a high-impact cardio workout. Not to mention that more than a century of innovation has gone into making bicycles lighter and more efficient: better for getting you from A to B, but worse for giving you a workout in the process.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:03 am
I volunteered for Carl McCall’s gubernatorial campaign in 2002, and in that position I had the experience of standing with Sir Evelyn and Lady de Rothschild in the ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel next to Grand Central while Al Sharpton gave a stemwinder of a speech on taking power away from the wealthy.
Right after that, Eliot Spitzer got up and applauded Al for faithfully representing views that are not heard often enough by those in power.
Sir Evelyn and Lady de Rothschild were a bit uncomfortable, from what I could tell. I guess they’re put off by Sharpton’s elitism.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
IBC – patch kits are for when you get home and have the time and patience to find and patch the hole. For when you’re out riding just keep a spare tube with you (and, I guess, a patch kit for when you get two flats).
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